AFMC Command News

  • US Air Force awards F-15EX engine contract

    The United States Air Force awarded a $1,579,662,187 contract to General Electric, GE Edison Works, Cincinnati, Oct. 29, for the purchase of 29 engines — installs and spares — in support of the production of 12 F-15EX Eagle II aircraft.

  • New Visitor Enrollment System speeds up wait times for contractors

    TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- As Tyndall’s rebuild and transformation kicks into high gear, officials estimate between 3,000 to 3,500 visitors per day will enter the base during peak construction times. Those visitors will primarily be contractors rebuilding Tyndall into the Installation of the

  • New F135 hardware undergoes accelerated mission testing at Arnold AFB

    The Pratt & Whitney F135 engine, which powers the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, is back at Sea Level Test Cell 3, or SL-3, at Arnold Air Force Base for another round of accelerated mission testing, or AMT, to validate new hardware.AMT provides a means to put engines through a full life cycle of

  • Maintenance Group brings crashed A-10 back to life

    The skilled professionals of the 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group at Hill AFB took a formerly crashed A-10 Warthog and spent more than three years restoring it to a like-new condition. In July of 2018, tail number 80-0264 arrived to Hill AFB in pieces, strapped to flatbed trucks. Now, the revived

  • Restructured guidance, policies drive digital transformation

    To drive digital transformation efforts across the enterprise, one Air Force Materiel Command team is taking a renewed look at legacy policies and guidance. The AFMC Digital Campaign Line of Effort #4 focuses on policies and guidance during the total lifecycle of a process, not just for engineering,

  • AFIMSC helps Afghan civilians start new lives

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – On an early Friday morning in late August, three Air Force Civil Engineer Center project managers met in a conference room at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, to help 25,000 people start a new life. Wayland Patterson, chief of AFCEC’s Air Force Contract

  • Shutterbugs capture ‘wonderful world’ in photo contest

    The Air Force Services Center recently announced its 2021 Air Force Photo Contest winners. The winners – first, second and third place in five categories – were among more than 950 entries submitted for the annual competition. This year’s theme was “What a Wonderful World.”

  • Test Integration: three missions, three views, one goal

    The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Air Force Test Center, and U.S. Air Force Warfare Center signed a Tri-Center Integrated Test and Evaluation Memorandum of Understanding which focuses on adopting a unified vision for driving integrated test and evaluation.